Improvement in hot-plate lifters



C. L. MERRILL.

Improvement in Hot Plate-Lifters.

No. 132,848. Patented Nov.5,1872.

.Att rs AM. PHOTU-UTfi/OGRAPHIG CllMY/OSBORNES FHOCESS) UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE CHARLES L. MERRILL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOT-PLATE LIFTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 132,848, dated November5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MERRILL, of St. Louis, in the county ofSt. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Hot-Plate Lifters, of which the following is aspecification:

, My improvement relates to the handle of a hot-plate lifter and itconsists in providing it with rings for the thumb and fingers, so thatit may be more firmly grasped and more easily manipulated than theplate-lifters heretofore in use.

The plate-lifter shown in the drawing is made of a single piece of heavyspring-wire. This wire is bent at its middle so as to form a helicalspring, A, of several coils-as many as may be deemed necessary to giveit the desired strength and elasticity. The ends of the wire are thenpassed along parallel with each other to form the handles 0 0, being,however,

. coiled'once to form the rings B B on the outside of the handles. Atthe points F F the ends of the wire are bent approximately into the formof a quarter-circle, being curved at E E so as to fit the rim of aplate, and then passed back, as shown in the drawing, and firmly securedat the points F F;

' I am aware that plate-lifters provided with jaws of the charactershown in the drawing are not new; also, that the two members of aplate-lifter have previously been connected by means of a spiral springplaced at the base of the handles. I do not, therefore, claim either ofthese elements as my invention; but my improvement consists in applyingrings to the handles of a plate-lifter provided with jaws, which aresuitably connected together so as to render the instrument moreconvenient and efficient in use.

This being the gist of my invention, I do not propose to confine myselfto the precise mode herein shown and described for forming the jaws andfor connecting them together, although I prefer the modes now shown, itbeing evident that other modes of forming the jaws and of uniting themmay be adopted without in any way affecting the improvement which I havedevised.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- p A plate-lifter composed of the handles CC provided with the ringsB B, the jaws D D, and the spring A, or their equivalents, substantiallyas described.

, C. L. MERRILL. Witnesses:

S. J. FIsHER,

JOHN E. HATCH.

